This Week In Gayness: Gay Pride Fever

Ruben Diaz, one of the New York politicians most responsible for keeping gays from having equal rights in the state, has two gay brothers and a very close gay friend. Wonder what that means...

"When a predominantly gay synagogue in Manhattan learned that a group of ultra-Evangelical Christians were planning a protest outside their building, the congregation decided to turn the hate rally into a fundraising event." Take that, Westboro wackjobs.

A woman who renounced her homosexuality again lost a court battle to stop her former partner from having visitation rights to the 7-year-old daughter they raised.

GLADD is unhappy with Perez Hilton for calling will.i.am a "fucking faggot."

A gay exorcism in a Connecticut church has everyone flipping out... for good reason. (This is a very disturbing video, just so you know.)

A party tonight in New York has "been informally dubbed 'Anderson Cooper's Big Fat Coming Out Party.'"

And it's pride time: New York City's Pridefest and March both take place on Sunday; San Francisco Pride is Saturday and Sunday; Chicago is Sunday; and Pride Week is going on in Toronto until Sunday. There are more cities participating this weekend, so Google yours to find out the details. (Also, a reminder that Sunday is the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.)